Jamini Roy
Krishna and Balaram amidst Cows, c. 1945
Tempera on card
Signed lower right
Signed lower right
57.8 x 60 cm
22 3/4 x 23 5/8 in
22 3/4 x 23 5/8 in
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist in the late 1940s by Norman CliffPrivate UK collection, thence by descent
Inherited by the vendor from a relative who was bequeathed it by Norman Cliff, former Foreign Editor of The News Chronicle who later served as the papers New Delhi correspondent between 1946-1957. Cliff was a close friend with Gandhi and was gifted this painting by Jamini Roy in the late 1940s.